"Powder Pear - France Or Germany - 19th Century"
POWDER PEAR with DIONYSOS and his DIONYSIAN CORTÈGEFrance or Germany
19th century
Andouiller and iron
H.: 31 cm
(restorations and slight accidents)
Powder flask with the actors of the Bacchic scenes on the body: Dionysus in the centre, wearing a crown of vine branches and accompanied by his goat, to his right a satyr and two children beside a Maenad.
This middle register is framed by two friezes of palmettes and foliage.
Two movable iron rings.
Reference : 6055
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